Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, Jumia, has signed an important partnership with technology leader Xiaomi at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, giving millions of users in Africa easy access to Xiaomi products. Through the partnership, Jumia will open the Mi official store on its platform and give Xiaomi access to millions of online customers across…
The African business terrain is quite tough. It is not for the weak, but for the persistent and dogged. This is exactly the story of Jumia which started in Nigeria in 2012. Today, Jumia is not just an eCommerce company, it is a marketplace and an ecosystem spanning 14 African countries and offering premium services…
Managing Director of Jumia’s hotel and flight services, Omolara Adagunodo, has been named among the top 100 tourism personalities in Nigeria this year by Travellers Magazine, the First Travel Magazine in West Africa published since 1996. Also on the list are Otunba Olusegun Runsewe – DG, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC); Folorunsho Folarin…
Nigeria’s number one online food ordering website, Jumia Food, has launched a new category on Jumia Food website/app called Jumia Party, which allows customers to order their favourite alcoholic beverages and get them delivered within barely 60 minutes. The service, which offers free delivery on orders above N10,000, is currently available only in Lekki, Ikoyi…
A total of 122 hotels across the country have been awarded the Customer Choice Awards by Jumia Travel, Africa’s number one hotel booking platform. The hotels were selected based on positive reviews from customers who booked on the platform and lodged in these hotels. The Jumia Travel Customers’ Choice Selection award is given to a…
Most travellers tend to visit major cities like Lagos, Abuja, or Port Harcourt when visiting Nigeria and those destinations are popular for very good reasons. The popularity of these widely held locations, however, tends to make the places feel touristy and that is not attractive to the class of travelers who like to branch out…
A top actor in the Nigerian movie industry, Richard Mofe Damijo, popularly known as RMD, has instructed his lawyer, Mena Ajakpovi of Messrs Abraham & Co to file a lawsuit against Nigeria’s top e-commerce company, Jumia. RMD is claiming that Jumia used his image on its platform without authorisation. The former Delta State Commissioner pointed…